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Originally Posted by Toast_Man
Wow, Seravalli on Barnburner today says Fitz and Connie had a deal but 'upper management' killed it over salary retention. He specifically mentions Maloney.
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In this very thread we've recently heard the deal fell apart over Mercer/Holtz, over a 2024/2025 1st, over Pospisil, and over Seamus Casey as the cost to retain.
There have been enough reports that it wasn't over retention as a concept that Seravalli seems out to lunch. Unless he's interpreting the Flames and Devils haggling over the asset cost to retain, which still makes the most sense. But as mentioned, with the Devils apparently saying they'll proceed without retention... that issue being the sticking point doesn't seem logical.